Future Investment for Highland Hospice

The motion

That the Parliament praises the work of Highland Hospice and its ambition to keep more end-of-life care at home when that is the preference, sparing patients, families and loved ones lengthy journeys and offering a compassionate choice; notes that Highland Hospice, working in partnership with NHS Highland and others, has launched the Palliative Care Response Service and the 24/7 Palliative Care Helpline, helping patients spend less time in hospital at the end of their lives; understands that this has reduced delayed discharges, freed up hospital capacity and generated savings for NHS Highland; believes that this demonstrates how people can receive the care that they want, where they want it, while easing pressure on the wider health service; welcomes the commitment from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care to visit Highland Hospice and the Minister for Community Care’s offer of further assistance, and notes the calls for a £1 million annual public investment so that the service does not have to solely rely on charitable funding alone and can be scaled up across the Highlands.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

No MSP has added their name to this motion.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S7M-02020 by reference.